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B1; H. M. Ross

ON THE DAY AFTER the German
declaration of war against Belgium,
England declared war on Germany
for the violation of Belgium’s neu-
trality, and the greatest holocaust of
history was in progress. The little
nation's neutrality had been guaran-
teed by Russia, Austria, Prussia,
France, Great Britain, and the Neth-
erlands in 1839; the invading Ger—
mans brushed aside the agreement as
a “scrap of paper.” After the war,
with the permission of the powers at
Versailles, Belgium dropped its neu-
tral role and turned for security to
collective agreements and a military
alliance with France.

 

LAST MONTH THE news came
from Brussels that Belgium, still
seeking security, would abandon her
post-war positioniand return to the
old policy of neutrality. There will
be a difference in that return. Where—
as guaranteed neutrality had been
imposed on the nation by the powers
as a check on one another’s territorial
ambitions in the low countries, the
new neutrality will spring from Bel-
gium alone. It will mean the end of
the Franco-Belgian alliance; it will
withdraw Belgium from collective ac-
tion and any new Locarno pact that
may be concluded.

 

KING LEOPOLD announced the
new policy: He cited the rapid mili-
tarization of Europe, the rivalries of
different governmental systems, the
reoccupation of the Rhineland by
German troops, which put his country
back in her pro-war sitUation with
foreign armies on all borders, and

 

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what he deemed the ineffectiveness
of the League of Nations.
“ALLIANCES, EVEN defensive
ones," the King said, “would not
serve us because, prompt as it may
be, aid could not reach us before the
first shock of the invader, which
might be overpowering and against
which we must be prepared to fight
alone. We must henceforth pursue
an exclusively Belgian policy directed
resolutely toward withdrawing our
nation from the quarrels of our

neighbors. It can be sustained by
reasonable military and financial ef-
fort.”

 

PARIS WAS DEEPLY stirred,
though not unprepared for the B91—
gian move; it requested a clari-
fication from Brussels. What, it was
asked, was the Belgian position in re’
gard to the present Locarno pact, de-
nounced by Germany in remilitariz-
ing the Rhineland, but still recog-
nized by Belgium and other powers?
What role would Belgium play in the
future of the League and in pro-
posed international peace moves? To
such queries, it was understood, Brus-
sels replied that she contemplated no
break in her international diplomatic
obligations.

 

FRENCH OBSERVERS regarded
the new policy as a result of internal
and external pressure. For the one
thing, the Belgian population, divided
pretty evenly between French-speak—
ing Walloons and Flemings who have
a Germanic dialect, was in disagree—
ment over the dependence on France.
By breaking the military tie, it was
pointed out, Belgium might demon-
strate her independence to Germany;
at the same time she could depend
on England and France to resist any
violator of her neutrality. Belgium

as a buffer state between the Eng—
lish Channel and the great Continen-
tal powers has been the traditional

 

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ARMOUR TECH NEWS

  

liratlhwohl Attends }

l .iunior College act
l Prof. W. C. Krathivohl represent—i
led Armour at the mathematics sec-l
ltion of the Northern Illinois JuniorE

College Conference last Saturday. The 1
{presence of Prof. Krathwohl at thisl

 

 

ARX NEWS

Now that the Arx Dance and the
charettes are out of the way, the
Arx are all as far back to normal as
they ever will be. TOM CUNNING—
HAM, WALLY LITWIN. and the
junior class are to be congratulated
for the really swell dance they ran.
It will set a standard for all of Ar-
mour's future affairs and the fellows
who will manage next year’s Arx
Dance will have to go some to sur-
pass this one. The present Soph
class will burn that bridge when they
come to it. Apparently indefatigable,
the juniors are industriously at work
on the plans for a banquet to be given
on December 4. Every Arch is ex-
pected to attend and the faculty will
be there en masse. Invitations to
speak are being sent out to several of
the more recent alumni with the idea
of finding out from them some of the
things that one will have to know
after graduation that one didn’t learn
in school.

“Life” began with a M. C. for Lit-
win and Mentions for Davidson,
lwasn, Kliphardt, Pelz, Skuhic and
Woolsey. Seven out of a class of
twelve! Yes, “Lige” is good. There
was a Sophomore Judgment last
Wednesday and—hotsy doodle! Rea
received a First Mention, Richardson,
I-Iuboi and “Mike” Mentions Com-
mended and ten others received Men-
tions. The jury treated the Beauty
Salon very kindly.

A little talc: One line afternoon
when all was peaceful and quiet, one
of last year’s effervescent characters
popped in to lend a note of cheer.

After the usual insulting aalutations ‘

the good

tact with secondary educational move-
ments. .

The principal speaker at the math» ‘
ematics section will be Dr. J. S.
Georges of Wright Junior College,
who will speak on “Mathematics in
the Junior College."

 

 

 

 

l
we all rolled our trousers to the knee:

and really started in. Well, we know
when we are linked. We learned:
I. That by comparison to hit. our
Beauty Salons were just plain Lousy
2. That our aformentionecl visitor
did not return to Armour this year
because he was already too smart to
need a college education. And he
meant it! Dear, dear Larry Cuneo
may he not disturb our equnnimity
for months to come. He's gone, boys
stow the oars.

Intimate disclosures: After the Ar}: l
Dance, Mike gave a superb demonl
stration of terpsichorean skill by do-
ing a lightning fast, complicated Po—
lish polka, solo, in one of Chicago's
night clubs. The patrons seemed to
enjoy the performance immensely. I‘
has been satisfactorily proven that ho
was not under the influence of any
beverage.

If (my one of you. should occident-
ally meat. with Mite Daniels don’t
think. that he has transferred to
Yale. That awful haircut might die-
ceive you.

Lastly, there was a new volunteer
model for the Life class. The only
objection is that he should have taken
ofl’ his socks seeing how he was paid
for the job. How about it, Tom?

And so farewell to you and a

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ART GUM.

 

Tuesday, November 24, l936.

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lContimwd from none one)
Children's Hour to Chicago.
Galsworthy has fared better with
his problem plays because he delib-

Alumni of New York
Form Advisory group

-Besides officiating at the Army—
Notrc Dame game, which was held

erately refrains from “taking sides.” in the Yankee Stadium November

He has only scorn for the conform-
ist playwright who novel-like flat—

nizes the value of the individualistic
dramatist who sets forth his own
ideas on controversial issues, believ-
ing that those ideas are the most ef—
feztive that most seriously challenge
conventional thinking. Gulsworthy‘s
Strife presents the strike problem
in an impartial manner, but Waiting
For Lefty deals with it in a decided-
y partisan manner.

Clifford Odetts is one of America’s
most brilliant young playwrights, a
former actor with the Theater Guild,
but now a member of the Group
Theater, an organization devoted to
producing significant modern social
dwamn. Odetts’ chief ambition, he
frankly says, is to write a great rev-
olutionary ploy. There are clues of
this radicalism in his successfu‘
movie, The General Died at Dawn,
but they are too subtle to affect the
average movie-mind or to disturb
box-office receipts.

The Armour Players present Won‘t»
lug For Lefty Wednesday, not be
cause of its quasi-radicalism, or be-
cause they subscribe to all of its
ideas, but because it is a play of gen-
uine dramatic merit, and because
it is a powerful challenge to think—
ing students who will soon have to
face the very serious problems in-
volved in the modern struggle be—
tween capital and labor.

I

 

24, Professor J. J. Schommer, presi-
dent of the Armour alumni associa—

>~ P l" P g and accepted ideas. But 'he recog— «branch of-thefiussociation on football

and the changes in the Institute.

A committee was formed to take
care of the details of this work. They
are: Fred Moskovics, a graduate of”
one of the first Armour classes,
chairman; F. E. Barrows, ’10; P.
K. Brown, ’13; F. Clake, ’07; L. T.
Wilson, ’14; and R, I. Wishnick.

McCormaclc Attends
Eloilimore Convention

 

 

Professor Harry McCormack re-
turned recently from Baltimore,
where the national convention of the
A.I.Ch.E. was held. At this meeting
an important part was played by the
large number of members, of student
chapters from all the eastern col-
leges. An unusually large amount of
time was devoted to the subject of
sales engineering as a field for
chemical engineers.

An invitation is being extended
by Prof. H. McCormack to prom-
inent chemical engineers to attend
the joint meeting to be held by the
Armour chapter of the A.I.Ch.E.
and the Chicago professional chap-
ter on December 16. A meeting of

 

 

the Armour chapter is planned for
Frill y; November 27, but the speak-
er has notyet. been announced.

  

 

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